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As the first cloned mammal ever to be created from an adult cell, Dolly the sheep's birth was of huge excitement both to the scientific world and to the public.
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Our very own in-house Whovians have chosen 10 objects from our collections that have links to some of the scientific themes and stories from the iconic television series.
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Our working farm at the National Museum of Rural Life is home to Ayrshire, Aberdeen Angus and Highland cattle, Tamworth pigs, sheep, hens and Clydesdale horses.
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Join us for a weekend of all things woolly at the National Museum of Rural Life.
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Communications, transport, industry, engineering, energy and medicine: how have scientific and technological inventions changed our lives?
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Sow the seeds of curiosity with a family visit to our museum and historic working farm.
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The Making Circles schools project invited children to be inspired by National Museums Scotland’s collections to create new Circular Economy products.
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On 3 December 1917, a little after 13:00, a large fireball was seen to cross southern Scotland. A short time later, an explosion was heard and four objects were seen or heard to crash to the ground around the towns of Coupar Angus and Blairgowrie in the Strathmore area of central Scotland.
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Make the most of your visit with our museum highlights. Your rural adventure starts here!
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Filled with interactives and spaces for reflection, stories and experimentation, our family friendly galleries have something for everyone.
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During and directly after the Second World War, the Reid family at Wester Kittochside, East Kilbride employed both Italian and German prisoners of war.
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The Wester Kittochside Farm at National Museum of Rural Life was owned and run by the Reid family for more than 400 years.
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Discover the life of the National Bard through the collections of National Museums Scotland.
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This strange-looking device was the first model of telephone to go on sale. But can its creator, Alexander Graham Bell, truly lay claim to the title ‘inventor of the telephone’?
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